diligencia

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See also: diligenciá, diligència, and diligência

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /diliˈxenθja/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /diliˈxensja/
  • Rhymes: -enθja
  • Rhymes: -ensja
  • Syllabification: di‧li‧gen‧cia

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin dīligentia.

Noun

diligencia f (plural diligencias)

  1. diligence
    Synonym: medio
  2. errand
    Synonym: recado
  3. stage-coach
    Synonym: calesa
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

diligencia

  1. inflection of diligenciar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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